PC Gaming
With its second birthday barely a month away, news that Nvidia is purportedly going to discontinue the GeForce RTX 3050 isn’t surprising, as eventually all GPUs get replaced. But the rumour here is an odd one, as it contends a ‘new’ RTX 3050 will be introduced, with less VRAM and with a much lower power…
2023 is nearly over, and, well, it’s been quite a ride, hasn’t it? There’s a strong case being made that we’ve just witnessed the best year in gaming, in fact, with both artful indie games and triple-A behemoths pulling together to deliver us memorable experiences ranging from space travel, to space horror, to city-building, by…
Crafting a Bloodforged Sigil is your first step in attempting the new Abattoir of Zir dungeon in Diablo 4. This seasonal endgame dungeon is supposed to provide some extra challenge to those who’ve already done everything and crave something a little harder. The Abattoir of Zir is basically a post-tier 100 continuation of Nightmare Dungeons,…
Intel has revealed the truth about AMD’s latest Ryzen 7000 mobile CPU family. Some models actually use old CPU designs with Zen 2 architecture, which dates back to 2019. Shocking, isn’t it? Except Intel’s own 14th Gen desktop CPUs are, of course, based on the same Raptor Lake architecture as its 13th Gen CPUs. Which…
We reported a few weeks ago that Apple has been rather conspicuously claiming its MacBooks with 8GB were “analogous” to a PC with 16GB. Well, that claim has been tested and found to be comprehensively found wanting. YouTube channel, Max Tech ran an 8GB MacBook Pro 14 up against a 16GB Lenovo Legion Windows laptop….
I’m pretty certain my first ever exposure to Tom Petty came via GTA: San Andreas, whose K-DST radio station featured Runnin’ Down a Dream on its tracklist of wall-to-wall dad rock bangers. Now Mr Petty’s made a return as part of the Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer, which is soundtracked by Love Is a Long…
Twitch has announced it’s pulling its service from South Korea in less than three months, citing high operation costs as the reason why. In a blog post on its website, CEO Dan Clancy offered an explanation to the shutdown: “Ultimately, the cost to operate Twitch in Korea is prohibitively expensive and we have spent significant…
I don’t even remember what it’s like to drink hot tea any more. I’m sure my family will get back to me if whatever they need to tell me is that important. The laundry can be in whatever state the universe decides to leave it in, I won’t even pretend to care. And my teenager…
The Rogue Trader Electrodynamic Cenobium riddle is one of the trickier puzzles in the starting system. While scouring the Mechanicus temple on Rykad Minoris for heretics, you happen upon a console servitor who asks you to recite the First Galvanic Hymn, promising a reward if you can prove yourself a worthy pilgrim. You’ll have to…
Recruiting capable Rogue Trader companions is a big part of the 40k CRPG, as you bolster your retinue with chainsword-wielding weirdos and mutant psykers from across the wild frontier of the Koronus Expanse. You’ll gather a fair few allies during the initial prologue, but there are more to find as you venture out into realspace. …